You double your distance from a sound source that is radiating equally in all directions. What happens to the intensity of the sound? It reduces to
A) one-fourth its original value.
B) one-half its original value.
C) one-sixteenth its original value.
D) none of the above

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The intensity of sound follows the inverse square law, meaning if you double the distance from the source, the intensity of the sound reduces to one-fourth its original value.

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